Includes essays on terrorism and antiterrorist policy by George P. Shultz, Paul Johnson, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Bernard Lewis, Claire Sterling, Charles Krauthammer, Daniel Schorr, Arnaud de Borchgrave, Eugene Rostow, Edwin Meese, William H. Webster, Alan Cranston, Paul Laxalt, Midge Decter, and Jack Kemp.

Includes index. Translation of Terrorism, How the West Can Win.

Defining terrorism /Benjamin Netanyahu -- Challenge to democracies / George P. Shultz -- Terrorists and freedom fighters / Benzion Netanyahu -- Cancer of terrorism / Paul Johnson -- Terrorists, totalitarians, and the rule of law / Daniel Patrick Moynihan -- First European terrorists / Alain Besancon -- Terrorism and the concept of legitimacy / Leszek Kolakowski -- Terrorism, Marxism, and the Soviet Constitution / Wolfgang Fikentscher -- Totalitarian confusion / Jeane J. Kirkpatrick -- Islamic terrorism? / Bernard Lewis -- Political terrorism in the Muslim world / Elie Kedourie -- Spread of Islamic terrorism / P.J. Vatikiotis -- Soviet sponsorship : the will to disbelieve / Michael A. Ledeen -- Terrorist states / Moshe Arens -- Centrality of the PLO / Jillian Becker -- Unraveling the riddle / Claire Sterling -- Japan's terror groups / Takeshi Muramatsu -- Partners in crime / Charles Krauthammer -- Encouragement of violence / Daniel Schorr -- Censorship by omission / Arnaud de Borchgrave -- Deny them publicity / John O'Sullivan -- Price of sympathy / Lord Chalfont -- Legality of state response to acts of terrorism / Yehuda Z. Blum -- London's Libyan embassy shootout : a case of international terrorism / Arthur J. Goldberg -- Overcoming denial / Eugene Rostow -- Constitutional power and the defense of free government / Walter Berns -- Enemies of mankind / Burton M. Leiser -- International convention against terrorism / Meir Shamgar -- Five tiers of domestic action / Edwin Meese III -- Fighting terrorism in the United States / William H. Webster -- Fighting terrorism in the Federal Republic of Germany / Christian Lochte -- Nuclear terrorist state / Alan Cranston -- International agency against terrorism / Yitzhak Rabin -- Agenda for international action / Paul Laxalt -- Theory of grievances / Midge Decter -- False symmetry / Jack Kemp -- Democracy versus terrorism / Jean-Francois Revel -- Terrorism : how the West can win / Benjamin Netanyahu.